Acting like a natural time capsule, permafrost can perfectly preserve the prehistoric remnants of the Ice Age, including species that have fallen into extinction. For the first time, scientists have ...

In a fossil-rich region of northeastern China, a well-preserved specimen of an ancient flying reptile has brought new clarity ...

A paleoartistic reconstruction of the new species, based on the fossil and on a close relative species found in amber from Myanmar. Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant ...

Swedish scientists have successfully extracted RNA from an extinct Tasmanian tiger, potentially revolutionizing genetic studies by revealing active genes and ancient viral history.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego's Frozen Zoo, the world's largest collection of living cells from endangered and extinct species, is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking conservation work that began ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

A fossilized Caribbean dirt ant, Basiceros enana, preserved in Dominican amber, reveals the species ancient range and overturns assumptions about its size evolution. Advanced imaging shows it already ...

Swedish scientists recover RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, revealing gene activity and ancient viruses in extinct ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

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Scientists say they have "restored" an extinct zebra subspecies. May 27, 2011 -- Imagine if the woolly mammoth roamed the earth once more. Japanese scientists say the elephantine beast could be cloned ...